This report provides:
- Analysis on the current state of innovation in B2B marketing
- Insight into how tech companies innovate – from fintech start-ups to IBM
- Practical advice on how to foster an ‘okay to fail’ culture
- How to carve out dedicated resources including time, budget and staffing
- Examples of how Agile methods can improve innovation
- Advice on building the right team for innovation.
“Only 30% strongly agree there’s a culture of innovation in their organisation and a shockingly low 12% strongly agree that failure is welcomed, even when lessons are learned”
John Doe
Contents
Introduction: What is innovation anyway?
1 – Survey results: A snapshot of innovation in marketing
2 – 7 steps to innovation: The marketing innovation model
3 – The board and its backing
4 – Teaching the team that it’s okay to fail
5 – The power of storytelling
6 – Finding time to innovate
7 – A case study on innovation: Adobe Kickbox
8 – Organisational structure: How IBM has adopted Agile
9 – Upscaling innovation: Thoughts from a growing fintech
10 – Building the right team for innovation